Map of Denmark, Danorum Marca c. 1590
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OLDEST PRINTED MAP OF DENMARK. BRAUN, GEORG - HOGENBERG, FRANS - JORDAN, MARCUS. Danorum Marca, uel Cimbricum, aut Daniae Regnum... Cologne about 1590.
Hand-coloured engraved map with four cartouches, coat-of-arms, sailing ship and sea-beasts. After a drawing by Marcus Jordan who count von Rantzau (the Danish govenor in Schleswig-Holstein) commisioned to draw the map. French text on verso with page number 25. About 39,5x47 cm. Small part of left lower corner broken, as they are in all editions. Framed with double glassing.
Bramsen, p. 58-61. Ginsberg p. 105 and image no. 24.9.
This map of Denmark by Marcus Jordan is the only actual map featured in Braun and Hogenberg´s atlas Civitates Orbis Terrarum, first published 1588. Rantzau´s coat of arms is surrounded by Athena and Ares on the cartouche at bottom right.
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Auktionsnummer:
296307
Datum:
2015-03-11